How's ya Pup going?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well wadda'ya know...took a 1 sec image of bright'ol Sirius for alignment purposes...and got this nice crisp little pup...kinda cool

Sirius B

What a nice little surprise, coolest 1 sec exposure I have ever taken I recon ...and taken with just 1120mm of FL too

Not too far from the Hubble shot really either

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Love it Mike! Sometimes the simplest pics still have deep value.

'Needs more data'

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Oh, and i had a laughing fit when I googled 'sirius pup'

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hmmm yes, woof woof indeed

Wanna come over and play.....

Mike

[LewisM]

Nah, that's a cosmic ray... it'll wash off with some good flats

[Atmos (Colin)]

Nice Mike, never tried it! Might give it a go tomorrow night and see how my 677mm go does

[COSMOPARADISE (Nick)]

WOW never knew there was a pup..I synced sirius a few times tonight and didnt notice it. Def gonna chase this one round the yard tomorrow night . Great pick up mike.

[topheart]

Thanks Mike - an interesting view indeed!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Hot pixel.

Absolutely awesome, Mike. Never managed to resolve it back in the C11 days even using lucky imaging and video.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Fantastic Mike, thanks for posting.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Funny, yeah I thought it was a cosmic ray/hot pixel too at first, but it appeared in multiple 1 sec exposures during the centering/alignment process and always in the same spot relative to Sirius

It was so clearly resolved I was a bit surprised.

Mike

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

And Mike just won the award for 'most views for effort involved', hahaha. No stacking, no darks, no biases, no worries!

I took the same pic last night, saw it but it only reminded I need some new collimation tools....

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by SimmoW

And Mike just won the award for 'most views for effort involved', hahaha. No stacking, no darks, no biases, no worries!

I took the same pic last night, saw it but it only reminded I need some new collimation tools....

ha ha ha yeah, I work hard for my images Simmo

Mike

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Funny, yeah I thought it was a cosmic ray/hot pixel too at first, but it appeared in multiple 1 sec exposures during the centering/alignment process and always in the same spot relative to Sirius

It was so clearly resolved I was a bit surprised.

Mike

OK, it's a hot pixel - send your CCD back to SX

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice catch, Mikey! Now put some effort into the next one

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice catch, Mikey! Now put some effort into the next one

....ok

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's some Sirius resolution. Pun.....

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's some Sirius resolution. Pun.....

...?...nup, don't get it ....

[vlazg (George)]

Sirius B was the first white dwarf star discovered. Its surface is actually hotter than Sirius A's - a scorching blue-white 24,800 K - yet its total luminosity is only 1/360th of our Sun's. The only way Sirius B can be both hot and dim is to be small - only 92% the size of Earth. From its observed orbital motion and Kepler's laws, Sirius B must have a mass nearly equal to the Sun's - yet its diameter is 50 times smaller. This means that Sirius B has an incredibly high density: about 25 tons per cubic inch, compared to the Sun's density of about 0.5 ounce per cubic inch.

Isn't the universe amazing..........

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by vlazg

Sirius B was the first white dwarf star discovered. Its surface is actually hotter than Sirius A's - a scorching blue-white 24,800 K - yet its total luminosity is only 1/360th of our Sun's. The only way Sirius B can be both hot and dim is to be small - only 92% the size of Earth. From its observed orbital motion and Kepler's laws, Sirius B must have a mass nearly equal to the Sun's - yet its diameter is 50 times smaller. This means that Sirius B has an incredibly high density: about 25 tons per cubic inch, compared to the Sun's density of about 0.5 ounce per cubic inch.

Isn't the universe amazing..........

Yes quite incredible... and all captured in 1 sec